Luggage-carrier.



yLE ROY 0. HENDRICKS.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED 050.2, 1915.

' Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

LE ROY 0. HENDRICKS, OF MINNEAPOLS, MINNESOTA.

LUGGGE-CABRER.

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Application filed December 2, 1915.

1/ b all whom it' 71mg/ concern Re it known that l, Leiter fl. llxcxniucns, citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have' invented certain new and useful improvements in Luggeige-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

The object ef my invention is to provide ay carrier havingY means for mounting it on the rimning-board of an automobile and adapted for supporting, suit cases, steamer trunks, and the like.

A further object is to provide a carrier which can be easily increased or decreased in size to adapt it for the varying shape or size of pieces of luggage.

.further object is to provide a carrier which can be easily and quickly niiounted on a running board and as readily removed therefrom.

rihe invention consists generally in r"- rious constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying dawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspeetive View of a portion of the running board and body of an automobile, with my invention applied thereto, Fig'. 2 is a plan View of the carrier shown in its closed 0r folded position in full lines and its extended position in dotted lines, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viciv through the carrier and running board, 'showing the preferred means for securing;` it to the board.

ln the drawing, 2 represents the running board of an automobile. l

3 represents brackets, U-snaped, substantially, in cross section, each having an upper arm 4i to rest 'upon the upper surface of the running boardparallel therewith and with the lower arin. The loop of the bracket is seated against the outer edge of the running board. The bracket is preferably made anguiar in cross section and the horizontal flauwe of the arm 5 is provided with thumb screjwsii ivhich engage. the under surface of the rainning' board and clamp the bracket securely thereon, Each bracket also has a, vertical flange between which the frames of the luggage carrier are secured and which I will new describe in detail.

rn outer movable frame is provided.I rectangular,preferably, in form and composed of an inner angle bar rail 7 and end rails 8 and an outer fiat bar 9 that .is secured at Specification of Letters Patent.

'ing the underside of the running Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

serial No. 64,672.

its ends to the horizontal flanges of the end rails by means hereinafter described. Cross hars 1() are riveted to the rail 9 and to the horizontal flange of the rail l' at suitable intervals. TheV inner movable frame of the carrier consists of an outer angle bar rail 11, an inner fiat rail l2 and end bars 13. Cross bars lll are also provided, connecting the side rails of the outer frame. The rail 12 is seated at the ends on the. horizontal franges of the end rails 8 and slides under the cross bars 1() and is guided thereby. The rails 13` have longitudinal slots 15 therein to coincideivith similar slots in the rails 8. Bolts 1li are mounted in the vertical flanges of the brackets 3 and pass through the slots 15 of corresponding' flanges of the rails 8 and 13 and forni guides for the rails 8 and 13 t0 slide on when the frames are adjusted backand forth with respect to the brackets 3 to enlarge or contract the carrier. Similar bolts 17 are mounted in the brackets, passing through a slot 17 in the end rails of the outer frame. These bolts are all preferably provided with iving nuts 18 by means of which the bolts may be tightened or loosened, as desired.

- Handles 19 are provided at the ends of the carrier and secured to the vertical flanges of the brackets by the bolts 16 and 17, said bolts serving?T not onl)7 as a securing' means for the handles but also as connections betweenthe movable frames. l also prefer to provide loops 2() secured to the vertical flanges of the rails 7 and 11 of the frames. These handles and loops are adapted to receive straps or cords` for securing the lug gage' in place on the carrier.

From an examination of Figs. 2 and 3 it will be noted that the brackets have broad substantial bearing surfaces on the top of the running board and also on the outer edges thereof, and the thumb screws engagboard clainp'these brackets firmly thereon and hold them rigidly against the strain or jar incident to the running; of the car over rough roads. At the saine time, these bolts may be loosened and the carrier readily removed.

`When the frames have been adjusted in a desired. position, they can be Aeasily and quickly locked by tightening the wing nuts 18. The frames may be made in various sizes to suit different lengths and widths of running board, and in various Ways the de- -tails of construction herein shown' and described may be modified and still be. within the scope" oi my invention.

l claim as my invention:

1. ln combination, with a 'gehicle running board, clamps, il -shaped substantially in torni, mounted to straddle said board, each having an arm seated on the upper 'surface of the board and extending substantiallythe v i'ull width of the board, a main frame seated on the ruiming board between said brackets and secured thereto, and an auxiliary frame also seated on .the running board' between said brackets and telescoping with said main frame.

A luggage carrier comprisingbrackets, U-shaped substantially in' form and having horizontal and vertical flanges, the upper arms of said brackets having their horizontal Hanges seated on the upper surface oi the running board and the lower arms of said brackets ,extending under the running board and having means for clamping them thereon, a vrectangular main frame interposed between the vertical flanges of said brackets, bolts for seeming said vertical flanges to the end rails oit-said frame, and an auxiliary rectangular frame having end rails provided with slots to receive said bolts and slidable thereon to increase or decrease the width of the carriern 3. ln combination with a running board, brackets secured thereon,

a main frame 'inlterposed between said brackets and coin-i posed of side and endrails and cross bars connecting said side rails, an auxiliary frame also composed of side and end rails and cross bars between the side rails, the inner side rail of said auxiliary frame being beneath the cross bars of said main frame and guided thereby and by' 'theyend railsof said frame.

ll. ln combination with a running board,

brackets secured thereon having. vertical flanges, a main frame fitting between vertical flanges of said brackets and having yend rails composedor" anglel bars, an auxiliary frame havingend rails provided with longitudinal slots, bolts passing through said vertical flanges and through the end rails of said main frame 'andtl'irough the slots of the end rails of said auxiliary frame and on which bolts said lauxiliary frame' is slidable.

The combination, with a runningboard, of a luggage carrier comprising a pair of f'alnes, rectangular inform, mounted to telescope one with the other and. having side and end rails and cross bars between said side rails and clamps for securing said frames to said board for relative laterall movement thereon, the side rails of said frames alternating in position across the Carrier.

(i. The combination, with a running board, of a luggage carrier comprising a'pair of frames, rectangular in form, mounted to telescope one with the other and having side and end rails and clamps for securing said frames to said board for relative lateral movement tliereo1i,said clamps hav- 'ing guides extending transversely ofV said 

